VIDEO: Syria accepts Arab League peace plan

VIDEO: Syria accepts Arab League peace plan

VIDEO: Syria accepts Arab League peace plan

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 08:31 PM PDT

Syria has accepted a peace plan proposed by the Arab League to end more than seven months of violence, the League says.


Will GOP Candidates Embrace a Conservative Foreign Policy?

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 11:29 PM PDT

The GOP presidential candidates want to embrace a conservative foreign policy, but first they will have to explain exactly what that means.


North Korea economy contracts again as sanctions bite (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 10:44 PM PDT

Reuters - North Korea's closed economy contracted for a second year in a row last year due to international sanctions, sluggish agricultural production and a slowdown in manufacturing, South Korea's central bank said on Thursday.


North Korea economy contracts again as sanctions bite

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 10:44 PM PDT

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea's closed economy contracted for a second year in a row last year due to international sanctions, sluggish agricultural production and a slowdown in manufacturing, South Korea's central bank said on Thursday.

Rights coalition says UAE activist trial 'unfair' (AP)

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 10:27 PM PDT

AP - A coalition of rights organizations says authorities in the United Arab Emirates are violating international legal standards by prosecuting five activists who backed calls for political reforms.


Malaysia to ban Obedient Wives Club's sex book (AP)

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 10:31 PM PDT

AP - Malaysian authorities plan to ban a book about sex published by a group of Muslim women who call themselves the Obedient Wives Club and advocate subservience to husbands, an official said Thursday.


Mexican mayor slain in campaign for Calderon kin

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 10:29 PM PDT

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A small-town Mexican mayor was shot to death Wednesday while campaigning for President Felipe Calderon's sister in a governor's race for the state of Michoacan, local media and party officials said.

Change During Tough Economic Times Can Kill

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 10:33 PM PDT

Mass layoffs,?? huge federal deficits, high unemployment and lengthy recession sound like today's news. These were the headlines in the winter of 1992 when I was part of a team of counselors who debriefed more than 8,000 employees of General Dynamics after a disgruntled worker shot and killed a fellow employee and gravely wounded another. ...


Germany and France give ultimatum to Greece

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 10:12 PM PDT

Indebted country told it will not receive any more bailout funds until it decides whether it wants to stay in eurozone.


Israel to 'prevent' aid ships reaching Gaza

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 09:49 PM PDT

Israeli navy says it will stop two boats carrying pro-Palestinian activists from reaching blockaded territory.


Italy: Did a Hospital Turn Away a Lesbian Blood Donor? (Time.com)

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 08:50 PM PDT

Time.com - With the definition of at-risk blood donors left at doctors' discretion, the third such incident in recent years has set gay-rights activists' blood boiling


Pakistan to boost trade links with India

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 09:26 PM PDT

India granted "most favoured nation" status by Islamabad in a move seen as a further thawing of ties between two states.


VIDEO: Syria accepts Arab League peace plan

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 08:31 PM PDT

Syria has accepted a peace plan proposed by the Arab League to end more than seven months of violence, the League says.


VIDEO: Chinese spacecraft dock in orbit

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 08:24 PM PDT

China has completed its first space docking mission by joining two space vehicles together in orbit.


VIDEO: Bailout loan withheld from Greece

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 07:33 PM PDT

The next 8bn euros of rescue loans will be withheld from Greece until after its referendum on the eurozone rescue plan, European leaders say.


VIDEO: Global impact of Greek referendum

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 07:40 PM PDT

There are warnings that a 'no' vote in the Greek referendum could lead to an economic crisis on a global scale.


VIDEO: A WWII vet's front line sketches

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 06:46 PM PDT

During World War II Joseph Farris spent much of the time in between battles sketching his experiences - these drawings comprise his new memoir of life at the front.


VIDEO: Bill Gates backs a Tobin tax

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 12:55 PM PDT

Microsoft founder Bill Gates has spoken to the BBC about asking the G20 to step up development efforts to ease poverty and his backing of a tax on financial transactions.


Thai flood holdouts complicate relief efforts (AP)

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 08:20 PM PDT

AP - There's no food left for sale anywhere near Thipawan Pipatkul's house. In fact, there's not much of her house left above the surface now that the fetid black waters have poured in. Yet, like thousands in Bangkok's flood zones, she's ignoring government warnings to evacuate.


VIDEO: Chinese spacecraft dock in orbit

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 08:24 PM PDT

China has completed its first space docking mission by joining two space vehicles together in orbit.


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French PM criticises newspaper attack

French PM criticises newspaper attack

French PM criticises newspaper attack

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 01:31 PM PDT

Francois Fillon condemns firebomb attack on French weekly after it publishes controversial Islam-themed edition.


Rebels say still fighting in Sudan oil state

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 01:41 PM PDT

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudanese insurgents in the country's main oil-producing state South Kordofan battled government forces in a volatile border region for a second day Wednesday, a rebel spokesman said.

Pakistan cricketers await sentence

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 10:11 AM PDT

Al Jazeera's Lee Wellings reports as Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir face sentencing over corruption.


Three blasts kill at least 8 in Iraq's Basra

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 01:19 PM PDT

BASRA, Iraq (Reuters) - At least eight people were killed and dozens wounded in three explosions in Iraq's southern oil hub Basra Wednesday, officials said.

Arab League Says Syria Accepts Plan for Talks

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 01:48 PM PDT

The plan aims to start talks with the opposition amid a continuing crackdown and reports of sectarian killings.

Floods in Cambodia Affect More Than a Million

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 01:01 PM PDT

The United Nations estimates that 1.2 million Cambodians have been affected by flooding that has also ravaged neighboring Thailand.

VIDEO: Can China save the world economy?

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 12:39 PM PDT

As the G20 leaders gather in the south of France and Europe's economies slide towards another crisis, the search for a solution has led many to look towards China.


Floods in Cambodia Affect More Than a Million

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 01:01 PM PDT

The United Nations estimates that 1.2 million Cambodians have been affected by flooding that has also ravaged neighboring Thailand.

At War Blog: Propaganda in the Heat of the the Libyan Battlefield

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 12:55 PM PDT

The battlefield claims of a doctor working with anti-Qaddafi forces are so easily refuted that making them only harmed his cause.

Bursts of Fission Detected at Fukushima Reactor in Japan

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 01:44 PM PDT

After telltale radioactive elements were detected at Fukushima, workers raced to stop a chain reaction.

Purging Senescent Cells May Postpone Diseases of Aging, Study Finds

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 01:02 PM PDT

Bad actors known as senescent cells promote aging in tissues, scientists have discovered, but a drug can force their self-destruction.

The Choice Blog: After Storm, Some Early Decision Deadlines Are Extended

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 12:24 PM PDT

From New Jersey to Massachusetts, students scrambled to meet early application deadlines, some by candlelight, after a Northeaster stripped many towns of electricity. Dozens of colleges granted them more time.

Gadhafi's son challenges Interpol warrant

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 11:37 AM PDT

One of slain Libyan strongman Moammar Gadhafi's surviving sons is challenging an Interpol arrest warrant on the grounds that it is politically motivated and was sought by a new Libyan leadership that lacks legitimacy, a lawyer for Saadi Gadhafi said Wednesday.

Bursts of Fission Detected at Fukushima Reactor in Japan

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 01:32 PM PDT

After telltale radioactive elements were detected at Fukushima, workers raced to stop a chain reaction.

Sexual harassment's slow evolution

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 12:05 PM PDT

Sexual harassment and the legacy of Clarence Thomas


Predappio Journal: Tourists Still Drawn to Tomb of Mussolini, ‘Il Duce,’ in Italy

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 01:31 PM PDT

Italian authorities sought to hide the burial site of Benito Mussolini after he died, in 1945. But the grave's location rapidly became a matter of intense interest.

Alleged Arms Dealer Convicted

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 01:32 PM PDT

A suspected Russian arms dealer was convicted Wednesday of conspiring to sell surface-to-air missiles, machine guns and other weapons to government informants during a U.S. sting operation.


Khamenei accuses U.S. of "terror" attacks in Iran

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 01:29 PM PDT

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Wednesday he had 100 "undeniable documents" proving the United States has been behind "terrorist acts" in the Islamic state and elsewhere in the Middle East.

Saif al-Islam Gaddafi may aim to flee Libya: ICC

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 01:21 PM PDT

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The International Criminal Court continues to receive information that Muammar Gaddafi's son Saif al-Islam might try to flee Libya with the help of mercenaries, the court's chief prosecutor said on Wednesday.

Viktor Bout found guilty by US jury

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 12:45 PM PDT

Prosecutors said the ex-Soviet military officer stood to make millions from supplying weapons to Colombian group FARC.


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